Lead Mosque, Berat

For other uses, see Lead Mosque (disambiguation).

Lead Mosque
Native name Albanian: Xhamia e Plumbit

Location	Berat
Coordinates	40°42′16″N 19°57′19″E / 40.7045°N 19.9554°E / 40.7045; 19.9554Coordinates: 40°42′16″N 19°57′19″E / 40.7045°N 19.9554°E / 40.7045; 19.9554

Cultural Monument of Albania

The Lead Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia e Plumbit, Turkish: Kurşun Camii), also known as the Izgurli Mosque, is a 16th-century historical mosque located in Berat, south-central Albania.^[1]

Its name comes from the lead coating of its sphere-shaped domes.^[1] It was built in the years of 1553 and 1554 by the local feudal Ahmet Bej Uzgurliu and is currently a Cultural Monument of Albania.

References

1 2 Garwood, Duncan (2009). Mediterranean Europe. Lonely Planet. p. 60. ISBN 1-74104-856-7. Retrieved 23 July 2010.

Mosques in Albania

Present Day Mosques	Bejtyl Evel Mosque Clock Mosque Ebu Beker Mosque Et'hem Bey Mosque Fatih Mosque, Durrës Fatih Sultan Mehmet Mosque Fier Mosque Gjirokastër Mosque Great Mosque of Durrës Great Mosque of Tirana Hysen Pasha Mosque King Mosque, Berat King Mosque, Elbasan Kokonozi Mosque Kubelie Mosque Parrucë Mosque Tanners' Mosque

Historic Mosques	Allajbegi's Mosque Bachelors' Mosque Bazaar Mosque Fethiye Mosque Fort Mosque, Lezhë Lead Mosque, Berat Lead Mosque, Shkodër Iliaz Mirahori Mosque, Korçë Muradie Mosque Naziresha Mosque Red Mosque, Berat Selimie Mosque Sulejman Pasha Mosque White Mosque, Berat

Sufi Tekkes	Halveti Rüfai Sheh Dyrri Dollme Frashër Martanesh Zall

Category Islam in Albania Mosques by country

Berat

Landmarks	Berat National Ethnographic Museum Berat Castle St. Mary of Blachernae Church Lead Mosque Red Mosque White Mosque Bachelors' Mosque St. Michael's Church Hysen Pasha Mosque Telelka Mosque Halveti Teqe Rüfai Teqe Holy Trinity Church St. Theodore's Church King Mosque Dormition Cathedral

Culture	Lajmëtari i Beratit Dielli i Tomorrit

Religious Cultural Monuments in Berat County

Berat	King Mosque Red Mosque White Mosque Bachelors' Mosque Lead Mosque Hysen Pasha Mosque Telelka Mosque Halveti Teqe Rüfai Teqe St. Michael's Church Holy Trinity Church St. Mary of Blachernae Church St. Theodore's Church Dormition Cathedral

Other towns	St. Mary's Church, Mbreshtan Annunciation Church, Kozarë St. Nicholas' Church, Perondi St. Demetrius' Church, Drobonik St. Demetrius' Church, Poliçan

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